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Spinal instrumentation salvage after surgical site infection post long-segment deformity correction

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  1. Division of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    M. Yashar S. Kalani, Samuel Kalb & Randall Porter

  2. Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain

    Luis Perez-Orribo

  3. Neuroscience Publications, Barrow Neurological Institute, 350 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA

    Randall Porter

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M. Yashar S. Kalani and Samuel Kalb contributed equally to this work

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Kalani, M.Y.S., Kalb, S., Perez-Orribo, L. et al. Spinal instrumentation salvage after surgical site infection post long-segment deformity correction. Acta Neurochir 154, 325–327 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-011-1249-1

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Keywords

  • Wound Closure
  • Thoracic Kyphosis
  • Hardware Removal
  • Oral Antibiotic Therapy
  • Granulation Wound